A Lehigh University engineering professor already accused of bilking NASA out of research funds was charged along with his wife Wednesday with 10 counts of wire fraud in the federal case. Yujie Ding, 52, and his wife, Yulija Zotova, 40, of Center Valley told NASA in 2009 they were ready to do research for a chemical-detecting device when they knew they were not equipped for the research, said Patty Hartman, spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office. "The defendants' proposal claimed they would conduct the research at their business, ArkLight, and would subcontract some of the work to an area university where Ding was employed," Hartman said. "The indictment...

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